using the discord api is super convenient way to prototype conversational interfaces and interactions as a designer. It creates good constraints, forcing you to focus on the conversational aspects of the interaction
I think what makes my creative technology practice is: 1) treating technology as a material 2) making ideas tangible 3) bringing a system perspectives 4) working like a home cook
exploring the body tracking models in the ml5js library by remixing the examples (rather than starting from scratch)
been exploring how to use image classifiers in the browser with ml5js, and especially playing with the teachable machine integration to bring in classifiers you train with your own datasets
Can we really push just imagining LLM interfaces as search boxes or as human assistants? There's a huge opportunity for designers to rethink the *ENTIRE* chat-interface experience, and the openai api makes it so easy to prototype.
using p5js is a super quick approach to getting basic inputs prototypes off the ground
building a binary tree algorithm as a chatbot feels foundational to exploring algorithmic decision making, including this current era of LLM based systems
making your own markov chains feels so relevant to understanding how LLMs work because they help you get a feel for probabilistic text generation at a more manageable scale
I've realized that I'm not entirely against design as a problem solving, but instead I get most frustrated when designers aren't given the power and agency to frame those problems that they have to solve.
Sometimes when you achieve things, you realize that the things that you achieve are not really the thing, it's the journey to get there that's magical.On Being Yourself, The Creative Independent.
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I think I was especially built for design grad school because I love thinking about design process. Reflecting back on what works and why and how we got to where we are with the creation of things is endlessly enjoyable to me.
I spent my early career really wrangling with the question "what is design." But I've realized there really isn't ever a single answer, so instead this is my catalog of the different definitions of design that have resonated with me
What can a Body Do feels like the foundational design book that I wished I had when I started my career.